Synthesis and ferroelectric properties of some chiral dopants with a terphenyl central core

Autor: Chernova, Nina, Loseva, Marina, Pozhidaev, Evgeny, Korotkova, Nataliya
Zdroj: Ferroelectrics; January 1993, Vol. 138 Issue: 1 p95-101, 7p
Abstrakt: A new series of optically active dopants have been prepared using 4,4”-terphenyldicarboxylic acid and 2-alkanols. These are nonmesomorphic, chemically stable—especially with regard to racemization and UV-light-compounds. Introduction of such a compound into a smectic C matrix of phenylpyrimidine or phenylbenzoate type leads to broadening the smectic C range of the matrix despite the fact that the dopant itself is a nonmesomorphic compound. The Ps value induced by the dopant depends greatly on the length of the alkyl tail attached to the chiral center from the external part of the molecule.
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